ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,896, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MAZDA MOTOR Corp. (Hiroshima, Japan).
"Lower vehicle-body structure of vehicle" was invented by Isamu Kizaki (Hiroshima, Japan), Takuto Fukushima (Hiroshima, Japan), Masanori Honda (Hiroshima, Japan) and Chikara Kawamura (Hiroshima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lower vehicle-body structure of a vehicle is provided with a frame member having a closed-cross section. The frame member comprises a first portion and a second portion. The first portion comprises a compression face portion and a pair of side face portions. The side face portion comprises a bending portion, a compression-side...